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TAMMfRAUT
SIDE VIEW

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THE REMAINS OF TAMMERAUT throw, taking 18 (4d8) cold damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one. The creature
Map 7.5 shows the seafloor in the vicinity of the sunken
must also make a DC 16 Charisma saving throw when it
hull, including the spot where the rift that seals the Pit
enters the area, gaining vulnerability to necrotic damage
of Hatred has been disturbed. When the characters de-
on a failed save. This vulnerability ends when the crea-
scend to the wreck and approach the Pit of Hatred, read:
ture leaves the area.
T
The rotting skeleton of a war galley's stern looms up RESTORING VIRGIL
from the ocean bottom ahead. The sinking ship broke in Any character who can cast find familiar can attempt to
restore Virgil to its former role, taking the gull as their
half during its descent, its bow section gone missing but
own familiar. To accomplish this, the character must earn
its stern plunged backward into the seafloor like a spike. Virgil's trust, contemplate the nature of conjuration magic,
The sandy bed around the wreckage is scattered with and finally cast find familiar.
Virgil's Trust. For Virgil to consider becoming a charac-
partially buried bones and debris. As you approach the
ter's familiar, that character must reseal the Pit of Hatred.
wreck, the water becomes unnaturally cold, and the
Research. The character must spend time researching
schools of fish that swarmed in the waters above are con· the nature of familiars that have bonded with new masters.
spicuously absent. When the character feels ready, they must succeed on a
• • DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check. The DC for this check
is reduced by l (to a minimum DC of 10) for each day the
character spent in research beforehand.
UN H ALLOWED GROU ND Casting the Spell. The character must have Virgil present
The evil energy seeping from the rift has suffused a for the casting of find familiar. They must burn twice the
normal amount of material components to complete the
300-foot-radius hemisphere with magic similar to that
restoration of the gull.
of a hal/ow spell. The effect acts as a spell cast at 9th
Success. If the characters end the threat posed by the
level, and it requires a successful DC 19 check to be
drowned ones, Virgil is indebted to them for avenging
neutralized using dispel magic. If the effect is dispelled, his former master. The bird follows the group and does
it returns in 24 hours. what it can to help. It can warn of danger, carry notes or
While the effect is active, celestials cannot enter the messages, and so forth. Use the stat block for a hawk, but
area. Each time another sort of non-undead creature en- increase its Intelligence to 9.
ters the area. it must make a DC 16 Constitution saving
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